ANGELS TEE OFF ON COLON ANGELS 10, CHICAGO 8.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Go figure. The Angels returned home from a dismal road trip, tired and beaten, scoring about as many runs a game as the number of votes Gary Coleman Gary Wayne Coleman (born February 8, 1968) is an American actor. Coleman is best known for his role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes figures to get in the upcoming gubernatorial race. To make matters worse for the Angels, they had to face one of baseball's hottest pitchers Monday night in Bartolo Colon of the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. . With everything seemingly working against them, the Angels beat Colon and the White Sox 10-8 in front of 35,889 at Edison Field. It marked only the second time in the past 53 games the Angels have scored in double figures, and they did it against a pitcher who had won his previous four starts while giving up just four runs in 31 2/3 innings. Bengie Molina Benjamin José ("Bengie" or "Ben") Molina (born July 20 1974 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is the starting catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. After being initially regarded as a "good glove, no hit" catcher, Molina has developed into one of the better and Chone Figgins Desmond DeChone "Chone" Figgins (born January 22, 1978 in Leary, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Despite the unusual spelling of his first name, "Chone" is pronounced as "Shawn. led the 14-hit attack. Figgins had three hits and three RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in ; Molina had three hits and four RBI, including a bases-loaded single off the glove of shortstop Jose Valentin in the sixth inning that snapped a 3-3 tie and gave the Angels the lead for good at 5-3. Despite the victory, the Angels remained only three games ahead of last-place Texas in the American League West The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. . Finishing out of the cellar, however, is not what is driving these Angels, manager Mike Scioscia ``We didn't look at the standings at any time this year and we're not going to start now,'' Scioscia said. ``Playing the best baseball we can, that's our only motivation. This club doesn't need any motivation other than pride to play the game. They still have that passion and pride. The only motivation they need is a ballgame.'' The Angels increased their lead to 6-3 in the seventh inning when Figgins scored on a wild pitch, but that lead was in jeopardy in the top of the eighth. Angels starter Aaron Sele (4 1/3 innings, three runs, six hits) had been bailed out by relievers Ben Weber and Greg Jones. But in the eighth, the White Sox loaded the bases with no outs against Brendan Donnelly. |
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